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I just loaded Cygwin on my XP deskop. I am TRYING to install a program that said it needs this program to run. How do I install or run a program? Keep in mind I just started with Unix yesterdaySmilie
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Originally Posted by gss
Keep in mind I just started with Unix yesterday
Or rather, you just started with Cygwin yesterday.

The normal way of installing Cygwin is going though it's "setup.exe" and selecting the components you want.

If you are using a third party's project/program/thing you will need to follow it's instructions, also you could give us a hint of what it is.
 
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